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But to argue that any of this research adds up to a substantial account of intelligence misunderstands the nature of such human traits and what can be expected from scientific explanations of them.—
Eric Turkheimer,
The Atlantic,
13 Oct. 2025 -
In an amicus brief filed to the Supreme Court, the American Psychological Association, the American Psychiatric Association and 12 other professional bodies argued that characterizing talk therapy as mere speech fundamentally misunderstands its therapeutic use and purpose.—
Allison Parshall,
Scientific American,
7 Oct. 2025
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This badly misreads Gaza's political culture.—
Bobby Ghosh,
Time,
16 Oct. 2025
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This is the Adriana who takes arguments, willfully misinterprets them, and then comes for someone at the worst possible moment.—
Brian Moylan,
Vulture,
19 Sep. 2025
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Some of the Supreme Court’s own justices have also voiced concerns about whether the Obergefell decision infringes on religious freedom or misinterprets the Constitution.—
Brooke Migdon,
The Hill,
26 June 2025
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